Archive for the ‘Friends of CooBric’ Category

The Little Bookwriting Workshops

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Last Wednesday was our fifth Little Bookwriting Workshop.  Alex ("101 Things I Learned in Organizational Democracies") and Tony (101 coworking stories) read each other's book drafts and gave comments. Lee finished his outline ("101 Bad Clients and What to Do About Them") which we made together as a group.  Jenny edited a ...

Who’sAtCooBric: Kareem Kouddous

Friday, December 21st, 2007

Kareem Kouddous is the founder of DoubleOne Media LLC. They recently launched their first site, beYOU.tv, an online service for fitness and wellness video. How did you start beYOU.tv? I made a personal commitment to leave consulting and start a business although I didn’t know exactly what that business was going ...

Wifi Upgrade at Gramstand

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

+ = :-) This week, NYC Wireless installed a new node at CooBric-- so now there are two wireless routers running, and this new one is faster and more robust! The addition of an NYC Wireless router into the mix brings not only better wireless service for coworkers, but will ...

Who’sAtCooBric: Kara Masi

Friday, December 7th, 2007

Kara Masi has a web communications company. She’s planning her annual hot dog cookoff, and recently started volunteering with the cooBric committee. So tell me about Kara Masi Communications. I have a lot of small scale clients – it can be a problem, lots of juggling! I’ve had some clients ...

Who’sAtCooBric: Sanford Dickert

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Sanford loves applying engineering principles to new startup companies and communities. For full bio and blogs, visit SanfordDickert.com. Sanford helped start and is a member of the cooBric Governance Committee. How did you become CTO for John Kerry’s 2004 Presidential campaign? In 2003, I happened to be at a July ...

Who’sAtCooBric: Tony Bacigalupo

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Tony Bacigalupo is a 24 year-old Project Manager for Desktop Solutions. He graduated from the University of Delaware in 2005 with a BS in Computer Science. Tony is an active member on the cooBric governance committee. How did you get involved with coworking? At the start of this year I didn’t know ...

Who’sAtCooBric: Patrick Ewing

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Patrick Ewing is a programmer, web designer and general geek-for-hire living in the New York City. He contributes to projectionist, a tumblelog, at http://project.ioni.st Your website says, ‘Once I was a computer guy. Since then, I have grown into an internet gentleman.’  How did that transition happen? When I first got involved ...

Who’sAtCooBric: Mike Sabat

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

Mike Sabat is a cofounder of ShelfMade. How did the idea for ShelfMade come about? I was opening fifty tabs on my browser for stuff to read on the plane. When I sit at a computer it’s much easier to find information. The computer screen sucks for reading on. So with ShelfMade, ...

Who’sAtCooBric: Sandira Calviac

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Sandira Calviac is a business enabler and mobile catalyst. She's working on a startup. Contact her at: nyc (at) sandira (dot) com. “I’d like to set up a workshop here about how to be a French lover. 'From a geek to a French lover.' Workshop coming soon.” A.L.: “What’s an experience ...

Who’sAtCooBric: Jesse Engle and Swatchbox

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Jesse Engle is a partner at Swatchbox. He recently launched DesignMyRoom.com. It helps people visualize home improvement and decoration projects. What are some themes in your life? Aside from having three boys, the kids' sports, Cub Scouts, being married, and a normal life in what's kind of rural America, I'm ...